The Welfare State and Social Work: Pursuing Social Justice critically assesses the historical, sociopolitical, and economic factors that have influenced social work policy and practice in the United States. By viewing social welfare and social work in light of principles of social justice, author Josefina Figueira-McDonough offers a fresh perspective of their interplay and how this interaction affects policy practice.
The Welfare State and Social Work: Pursuing Social Justice critically assesses the historical, sociopolitical, and economic factors that have influenc...
Feminist critiques of the social sciences are based on the assumption that because the social sciences were developed for the most part by white, middle-class, Western men, the perspectives of women were ignored. This book offers an approach for integrating gender-related content into the social work curriculum. The distinguished contributors discuss the shortcoming of dominant knowledge, address the pressing need for a gender-integrated curriculum, consider the pedagogies consistent with the implementation of an integrate curriculum, address specific areas in social work education, assessing...
Feminist critiques of the social sciences are based on the assumption that because the social sciences were developed for the most part by white, midd...
In order to advocate the end of the punitive and coercive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program and reinstate the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, social scientists explore how welfare and prison increase the dual control of women and distort their strength; blockages to autonomy; gender, age, and health interactions; bad w
In order to advocate the end of the punitive and coercive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program and reinstate the Aid to Families with Depend...
A compelling look at the crisis of disadvantaged women This powerful document takes a sobering look at the phenomenon of marginalized women pushed to the edges of society, holding on with the barest of hope and extraordinary bravery. Handicapped by the increasing societal inequality they face as an everyday fact of life, these women (and in many cases, their children) have been disconnected from the mainstream for reasons of age, race, gender, health, incarceration, domestic abuse, unwanted pregnancy, unemployment, and economic circumstance. They are poor in an affluent society, powerless in...
A compelling look at the crisis of disadvantaged women This powerful document takes a sobering look at the phenomenon of marginalized women pushed to ...
Designed especially for students and mental health professionals in th e early stages of their careers, this primer is a practical guide to p sychotherapy. Short and concise, it addresses virtually all questions that a neophyte therapist might have. The author presents the basics i n a clear and succinct way, with special emphasis on techniques and cl inical examples.
Designed especially for students and mental health professionals in th e early stages of their careers, this primer is a practical guide to p sychothe...